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Mexican Police Helicopter Chased Down U.S. Family's Car, Shot 7-Year-Old American Girl in the Head Near Southern Border
Western Journal ^ | November 14, 2026 | Jillian Butler

Posted on 11/14/2026 7:26:08 PM PST by george76

A 7-year-old American girl was fatally shot by Mexican police during an anti-cartel operation near the U.S.-Mexico border.

The girl, identified as Aranza, was shot in the head while traveling with her family in Matamoros, Mexico, as police pursued suspected members of the Gulf Cartel on Oct. 29, ..

Her family alleges officers opened fire despite her father’s attempts to identify them as civilians, while Mexican authorities maintain that police were responding to an attack during the operation

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The mother alleges that she was driving with her husband and five children near the border in the town of Matamoros when a police helicopter began following their car,

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They stopped the car and the father jumped out to tell the police they were civilians with children, but the police still opened fire.

The officers who opened fire have not been detained but “significant progress is being made in the course of the investigation,” Jesus Govea, the Attorney General of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, ..

There was a high police presence in the region due to the arrest of Cárdenas Rodríguez — who used the street name Axel — a cartel member guilty of homicides, kidnappings and extortion as well as trafficking drugs, weapons and people into the U.S.

Though cross-border cartel activity is pervasive, left-wing Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum refuses to allow an American military presence in Mexico and insists on limited intelligence sharing.

(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas; War; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cartelmember; drugs; extortion; homicides; kidnappings; traffickingdrugs

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1 posted on 11/14/2026 7:26:08 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

I believe that the caravan headed this way is smuggling cocaine.


2 posted on 11/14/2026 7:30:21 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets.)
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To: george76

NEVER GO TO MEXICO


3 posted on 11/14/2026 7:31:17 PM PST by StolarStorm
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To: StolarStorm

I totally agree with you.

Also, nice homepage.


4 posted on 11/14/2026 7:34:35 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: StolarStorm

OK.


5 posted on 11/14/2026 7:35:20 PM PST by FreeperCell
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